labour service law

Second Tripartite meeting to discuss the Plantations Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was held at Ooty, Tamilnadu on 11.10.2017.  This meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, the Minister of State(Independent Charge) for Labour & Employment  to discuss the provisions of the Amendment Bill modified on the basis of suggestions..

'Joining Bonus' returned to ex-employer cannot be deducted from salary income! SO employee should mind Tax Liabilities also, while negotiating new employment. 'Joining Bonus' returned to ex-employer cannot be deducted from salary income! So Employee should understand the Income Tax Liabilities a..

The employer cannot compel and even insist that employees should open bank account with banking firm preferred by employer, for the credit of salary in bank account. Even if the employer claims that the bank is IT’s official bank, IT cannot insist that employees should open salary account with IT’s official bank. ..

The charge of Unauthorized Absence on Employee is inapplicable after Expiry of Notice Period! (A) The courts of law are Parens Patriae: Parent to the Nation, Legal protector of citizens unable to protect themselves and have risen to defend the interest of employees time and again and have saved the..

All LABOUR LAWS TO BE REPEALED BY LABOUR CODES To protect the interest of stakeholders and to provide security to labour, there are many labour laws in India. Hence many laws are there, Government keeps amending them time after time, consequently Acts and rules have become complex. Not only complexity we even see d..

As part of labour law reforms, the Government has undertaken the exercise of rationalisation of the 38 Labour Acts by framing 4 labour codes viz Code on Wages, Code on Industrial Relations, Code on Social Security and Code on occupational safety, health and working conditions. 1. The Code on Wages Bill 2017 has been introduced in L..

The petitioners were union leaders. They were agitating against the action of corporation frequently for the welfare of the employees of the corporation. They issued statutory notice to the corporation for one day strike. The demands raised through the strike were filling up of the vacancies and implementation of labour laws in the corporation. After receipt of said n..

The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel said in the Lok Sabha today that the minimum wages to the labourers working under the Department of Sports & Youth Affairs of Union Territory (UT) of Lakshadweep has been given as per the rates of daily wages fixed by the Directorate of Labour and ..

Ministry of Labour & Employment has released guidelines for the Revised Integrated Housing Scheme (RIHS), 2016 for workers. The scheme provides housing subsidy of Rs. 1,50,000/- per worker for the construction of house to be paid in three installments directly into the bank account of the beneficiaries. p style="tex..

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has taken a number of legislative initiatives in labour laws during the last 3 years. Such initiatives include: 1. Amendment to the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 by which eligibility limit for payment of bonus enhanced from Rs 10,000/- to Rs. ..

Ministry has taken steps for drafting the Labour Code on Wage by amalgamating, simplifying and rationalizing the relevant provisions of 4 Central Acts i.e. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, The Payment of Wages Act, 1936, The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.  This information was given by Shri Ba..

The Second National Commission on Labour has recommended that the existing Labour Laws should be broadly grouped into four or five Labour Codes on functional basis. Accordingly, the Ministry has taken steps for drafting four Labour Codes on Wages; Industrial Relations; Social Security & Welfare; and Safety and Working Conditions respectively, by simplifying, amalg..

The Second National Commission on Labour has recommended that the existing Labour Laws should be broadly grouped into four or five Labour Codes on functional basis. Accordingly, the Ministry has taken steps for drafting four Labour Codes on Wages; Industrial Relations; Social Security & Welfare; and Safety and Working Conditions respectively, by simplifying, ama..

After the enactment of the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, Government has recently ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions No. 138 concerning minimum age for employment and No. 182 concerning prohibition and elimination of worst forms of child labour. Sustainable Development..

  The Second National Commission on Labour has recommended that the existing Labour Laws should be broadly grouped into four or five Labour Codes on functional basis. Accordingly, the Ministry has taken steps for drafting four Labour Codes on Wages; Industrial Relations; Social Security & Welfare; and Safety and Working Conditions respectively, by..